Cigarette holder



June 23, 1953 F. A. QU-IROZ CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Oct. -4. 1949 IN V ENTOR.

Patented June 23, 1953 CIGARETTE HOLDER .Franclsco'Angel Quiroz, Newark,N. J.

4 Application October 4, 1949, Serial No. 119,424

]/ I v Claims. (o1.1?,1" 1'14) struction, easy to clean, easy toassemble, safe to hold, nice in appearance and practical to handle. j

Another object is to provide a cigarette holder that will cool thesmoke, and remove a great part of the tar from thesame, in;a practicaland eflicient manner. I

Other objects will be obvious in part or pointed'out herein.

The invention accordingly consists in; the features of construction,combination of elements andarrangement of parts, -and the scope of theapplication which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the following drawings inwhich is illustrated one of various possibleembodiments of the features of my invention:

Fig. 1 is a vertical cross sectional view along the line AA in Fig. 2,showing in dotted line the relative position of the cigarette.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder in an upright position.

Fig. 3 is a side view in elevation, showing part of the cigarette inposition.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout thedrawings.

Referring now to the drawings and more particularly to Fig. 1, theholder comprises a cup I, which can be made of any suitable materialthat is a poor conductor of heat, like wood or plastic material. Aconical guard sleeve 2 is preferably made of a good conductor of heatand fire proof material like aluminum. A tube 3 is also preferably madeof aluminum and a mouth piece 4 is preferably made of a suitable plasticmaterial.

The cup I is preferably made slightly conical, to provide a taperedinside seat 5, adapted to match the tapered section below the air supplyholes 6 of the guard sleeve 2, to hold said sleeve firmly in position.The bottom part, or wall I of the cup I is made with a certain degree ofinclination, preferably adapted to form an inclined seat 8 at an angleto conform with the dotted line 9 that touches the tip of the mouthpiece 4. The object of the inclined inner surface of the bottom wall 7is to prevent the cigarette from resting perpendicularly on a flatsurface, and thereby prevent choking of the cigarette or interferencewith the flow of smoke from the cigarette to the mouth piece. The objectof theoutside' inclined bottom seat 8 is to provide a seat that willrest fiat on a-table or a similar object, when the tip of the mouthpiece touches the same surface. In this manner the holder can be placedand rested on any flat surface while it is being used, and the hot guardsleeve will not touch and damage the, surface.

The cup I is provided with an outlet tapered hole II near the top of thecup, preferably at a right angle from the vertical position of the- Theguard sleeve 2 is preferably made of sheet aluminum in the form of atapered tube, hay-1 ing the wider end at the top open, and the exto forma flange I6 and reinforce it and prevent damage and also to prevent theashes from falling out of the sleeve when it is in a horizontalposition. Towards'the bottom end, the guard sleeve is provided with asection I3 having a greater degree of taper, to prevent it from touchingthe inside wall of the cup, and allow space for the smoke to flowtowards the outlet hole I I.

The bottom end of the guard sleeve is provided with a short cylindricalsection I4 having the proper inside diameter, and adapted to receive andhold the cigarette in position. The guard sleeve is also provided with anumber of air holes 6 located just outside of the top of the cup I, toallow a certain amount of air to enter the guard sleeve to sustaincombustion.

The use of the holder is as follows: A cigarette is inserted into thenarrow cylindrical section I4 of the guard sleeve 2, as shown by thedotted line I5 in Fig. 1. ,The cigarette should be placed allowing about1%; of an inch to protrude out at the bottom in order to remove thecigarette butt that is left unburnt in the cylindrical section I4. Thecigarette islighted atthe top, and the holder is'handled and smoked inthe same manner as a plpe.

veys the heat fast, it will go out and leave a short butt. All the ashof the cigarette will remain The cigarette will burn until the fire,reaches the narrow cylindrical section I4 of the guard sleeve 2. Whenthe fire comes in contact with the metal of the guard sleeve thatconinside of the guard sleeve 2 and can be removed by shaking the holderupside-down over an ash tray or other convenient place. To smoke anothercigarette, the guard sleeve 2 is easily removed from the cup I bypulling it up, and the cigarette butt is removed by pulling it down.Another cigarette can be inserted in the guard sleeve which is set againin place in the cup I, and the holder is ready for another smoke.

As all the parts of the holder are put together by means of taperedjoints, they can be easily pulled apart and conveniently cleaned withsoap and water and a brush, when they become too soiled with tar.

As the holder may take dififerent forms without departing from the scopeof the invention, it is to be understood that all matter herein setforth, or shown in the accompanying drawings, is to be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim is:

1. A cigarette holder of the character described, comprising incombination, a tapered cup having the upper part wider and open and thelower part being closed and including an inclined wall, 2.

said cup being provided with an outlet bole located near the topsubstantially at right angles to the axis of said cup and above theupper point of the inclined wall, a tube engaging the outlet hole at oneend by a taper fit and supporting a mouth piece at the other end, atapered sleeve having the same degree of taper on the outside as the cuphas in the inside, with the exception of the lower end of said sleevewhich has a greater degree of taper and an end having a smallcylindrical section which is the part which holds the cigarette inposition, said sleeve having an outside diameter about the middlesection equal to the inside diameter of the rim of the cup, so that itcan be taper fitted and firmly secured coaxially with the cup, in such aposition that the bottom of the sleeve will be a short distance abovethe inclined bottom wall of the cup in order to leave enough room for aportion of the cigarette to extend out of the sleeve and provide themeans by which the cigarette butts can be removed, said sleeve beingprovided with a plurality of small holes around the circumference justoutside of the cup, said holes being large enough to supply enough airto maintain combustion while the holder is not in use by the smoker.

2. A cigarette holder as claimed in claim 1, in which the upper taperedsection of the sleeve which fits the taper of the cup does not extendbelow the lower portion of the outlet hole to provide a smoke passagefrom the sleeve to the tube.

3. A cigarette holder as claimed in claim 1, in which the upper rim ofthe sleeve is bent inwards to form a flange to prevent ashes fromfalling when said sleeve is in a horizontal posi-- tion.

4. A cigarette holder as claimed in claim 1, in which the exteriorsurface of said inclined wall lies in a plane which will intersect theend or the mouth piece to provide means for supporting the holder atrest, and the interior surface of said inclined wall being in an obliqueposition to the vertical axes of the sleeve and the cigarette, toprevent choking of the cigarette, which might occur if the cigarettewere to be positioned perpendicular to the interior surface of the lowerwall.

FRANCISCO ANGEL QUIROZ.

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